Operation Juno
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Operation Juno was a sortie by a German Kriegsmarine flotilla on 8 June 1940, into the Norwegian Sea during the Norwegian Campaign. The sortie was intended to help the German Army to drive the Allies
HMS Glorious sinking
Hans Lody rescuing survivors from the troop transport Orama
Example of a Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 in Norwegian service
Scharnhorst firing her forward 283 mm guns during the engagement with Glorious and her escorts
Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gnei
Operation Juno
…Campaign. The sortie was intended to help the German Army to drive the Allies out of northern Norway and to recapture Narvik. The German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and it two destroyer escorts HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent while detached from the flotilla…
Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst in the Kiel Canal (Rendsburg High Bridge in the background)
Scharnhorst in port